Discussed are Seymour Papert's ideas about computers and their role in the educational process. He believes that present-day computers program, rather than teach, the child and has developed a simple and fun computer language called LOGO which lures children into learning by exploration and discovery. (KC)

A theory of how people learn certain procedural skills is presented. It is based on the idea that the teaching and learning that goes on in a classroom is like an ordinary conversation. The speaker (teacher) compresses a non-linear knowledge structure (the target procedure) into a linear sequence of utterances (lessons). The listener (student)…